Rippington (Thomas) 1668 Will_2_0001

Life History

1626	Born in Tring, Hertfordshire
14th Jan 1626	Baptised in Tring, Hertfordshire
between 1642 and 1651	Misc in English Civil War
1647	Birth of son Thomas RIPPINGTON in Glatton, Huntingdonshire.1
between 1647 and 1651	Resident in Glatton, Huntingdonshire
1648	Birth of son Robertus RIPPENTON in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire
1648	Resident in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire
1651	Birth of son Thomas RIPPINGTON in Glatton, Huntingdonshire
before 1653	Birth of daughter Sarah RIPPINGTON in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire
1653	Death of daughter Sarah RIPPINGTON in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire
between 1653 and 1659	Misc in The Commonwealth
before 1655	Birth of son William RIPPINGTON in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire
1655	Death of son William RIPPINGTON in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire
1657	Birth of son Robert RIPPINGTON in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire
1657	Resident in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire
1665	Birth of daughter Mary RIPPINGTON in Wentworth, Cambridgeshire
1665	Birth of son Thomas RIPPINGTON in Wentworth, Cambridgeshire
between 1665 and 1668	Resident in Wentworth, Cambridgeshire
1667	Birth of daughter Mary RIPPINGTON in Wentworth, Cambridgeshire
1667	Death of daughter Mary RIPPINGTON in Wentworth, Cambridgeshire
1667	Death of daughter Mary RIPPINGTON in Wentworth, Cambridgeshire
before 1668	Birth of daughter Rosamond RIPPINGTON
1668	Birth of daughter Mary RIPPINGTON in Wentworth, Cambridgeshire
before 1668	Birth of son John RIPPINGTON
1668	Death of daughter Mary RIPPINGTON in Wentworth, Cambridgeshire
30th Mar 1668	Wrote will in Wrote will at the office of Alderman Newton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire 'Munday in the afternoone Mr. Thomas Rippington of Wenthworth in the Isle made and sealed his Will of wch he constituted John Bird his sole Executor ...'
31st Mar 1668	Died in Mr. Bird's House, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire ', he died at Mr. Birds house in Cambr' the next day being the 31th March 1668 on Tewsday.'
4th Apr 1668	Probate in Catalogue reference PROB 11/326

Other facts

	Married Margret
	Married JOANE

Notes

• England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  Name: Thomas Rippinton
  Gender: Male
  Baptism/Christening Date: 14 Jan 1626
  Baptism/Christening Place: TRING,HERTFORD,ENGLAND
  Father's Name: Edmvnd Rippinton
  Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02025-1
  System Origin: England-ODM
  Source Film Number: 91766
  Reference Number:
• There's no proof that the Thomas born in Tring is the same as that found later in Glatton, Eaton Socon and Haddenham - but his birth date pretty much matches that expected of the Thomas in these other locations and it's known that two of these Thomas' were married to a Joan/Joane ... so it's highly likely that all these are the one-and-the-same person.
  If all this was the case what does seem significant is that the timing of Thomas' moves occur following significant events in the English Civil War.
  Thomas leaves the Huntingdon area (Glatton & Eaton Socon) after the Royalists attacked Huntingdon and moves to the Ely area which was a Parliamentarian stronghold.
• Index of Chancery proceedings, Bridges division, 1613-1714 p.190
  Matters in dispute include inheritance, lands, trusts, mortgages, debts and marriage settlements.
  Bundle:       485
  No.:            93
  Plaintiff:      Gayer, John
  Defendant: Rippington, Thomas
  Date:          1663
  Place
  or Subject:  Money
  County:       Cambridge
• Gayer, John (fl. 1652-57)
  brother of Sir Robert Gayer;
  son of Sir John Gayer (bap. 1584-1649), merchant and Lord Mayor of London;
  matric, 1651, Kt 1692; with his brother Robert,
  former pupil and friend of William Sancroft (1617–93), Archbishop of Canterbury & Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
  Sir Robert Gayer K.B. of Stoke Poges
  Occupant of Stoke park - 1656 John Gayer, Esq.
• Detail in Thomas' will:
  '... whereas John Bird of Cambridge in the said County, Merchant Taylor ...'
• 17th-Century Farthing Trade Tokens - Cambridgeshire (coins)
  John Bird - Merchant Tailors' Arms
  of Cambridge in the field 1667
  The Arms are A royal tent between two robes, on chief a lion passant.
• Events of political importance that have happened within Huntingdonshire, occurred in the course of the great civil war.
  The first of these was the plundering of the town or Huntingdon, in August 1645, by the king's troops, which, commanded by the king in person,
  and taking advantage of the absence of the parliamentary army in the west, had suddenly entered the associated eastern counties.
  Again Huntingdonshire was the scene of a part of the hostilities occasioned, in 1648, by the appearance in arms of the Earl of Holland,
  the Duke of Buckingham, and others in the royal cause, with an immediate view to the relief of Colchester.
• Oliver Cromwell lived in Ely from 1636 to 1647.
  Dec 1642
  The Eastern Association formed by Oliver Cromwell, a military league established at Cambridge between East Anglia, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire.
  The Association created a large, well equipped army with high morale and religious zeal.
  During the Civil War the parliamentary forces defended Haddenham.
  Some of the older houses like The Old Porch House (1657) were constructed along Hill Row at this time.

Sources

• 1. England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  • (secondary evidence)